Data Lead

Company: Perficient
Location: National City
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

OverviewAt Perficient you'll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you'll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world's biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.We're proud to be publicly recognized as a "Top Workplace" year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Data Lead in our Data Solutions practice. This is a national position that can be located in any well-connected city.Perficient is on a mission to help enterprises take advantage of modern data and analytics architectures, tools, and patterns to improve the business operations and better engage customers. Perficient's Data Solutions practice has won dozens of industry awards for our state-a-the-art and innovative solutions that we provide our customers. This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to assist Perficient and its customers to grow their cloud capabilities necessary to improve care through better use of data and information, and in the process take their career to the next level.Job Overview:A Solutions Architect is expected to be functionally knowledgeable in multiple data soluitons on AWS including, Redshift, Big Data (Hive) and NoSQL Technology areas and hands-on in either data management or open-source programming. As a leader in our Data Solutions practice, you will provide best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects; assist in defining scope and sizing of work; and anchor Proof of Concept developments. You will provide solution architecture for the business problem, platform integration with third party services, designing and developing complex features for clients' business needs. You will collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create and implement innovative high quality solutions, participate in Sales and various pursuits focused on our clients' business needs. You will also contribute in a variety of roles in thought leadership, mentorship, systems analysis, architecture, design, configuration, testing, debugging, and documentation. You will challenge your leading edge solutions, consultative and business skills through the diversity of work in multiple industry domains. This role is considered part of the Business Unit Senior Leadership team and may mentor junior architects and other delivery team members.ResponsibilitiesConceptual selling to present architecture recommendations in a simple, compelling, business-relevant manner with clear impact analysis, as well as excellent collaboration and influencing skills to drive compliance to architecture standards and guidelines across the enterprise.Own and aggressively drive forward specific areas of data architecture. This includes data management architectures involving batch, micro-batch, and real-time streaming of data in both cloud and on-premise solutionsProvide architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for modern data solutions. Lead implementation projects which includes working with Product Owner/Business Analysts to understand functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features.Lead in-depth product selection engagement for data and analytics related technologies. (e.g., PaaS, Database, SaaS, ETL, Data Quality, BI)Compares and contrasts solutions types (e.g. NoSQL vs. Relational or Data Lake vs. Data Warehouse). Define key business drivers for the platform initiative for the clientDefine Data Flow Diagrams for end to end systems at an enterprise levelBe able to articulate the advantages and disadvantages of event based streaming, and traditional batch architectural patternsEngage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needsDefine the overall data architecture (e.g., ETL process, ODS, EDW, Data Marts Big Data) and integrate Data Quality and Data Governance activities/solutions in the overall Develop and define design patterns for data integration and data modeling. Able to specify and oversee the integration of CI/CD and Dev/Ops concepts into data projects. Drives data platform and capability incubation delivery that support strategic platform initiativeUnderstands and articulates people, process, technology, and data capabilities for an end to end data platform capability and define a roadmapProficient understanding of diverse application development practices; with deep knowledge of applying agile concepts to the delivery of data and analytics projects.QualificationsAt least 15 years of experience in strategy and management consulting, enterprise and solutions architecture and architectural frameworks. Recent experience in a digital transformation projects and able to articulate the value of information in that context.Leadership role in 3 or more project implementations that exploit the full capabilities (discover, design, implement and optimize) of data management platform architecture, usage, analytics, including AWS, Azure, or GCP platforms.At least 5+ years of most recent experience leading successful implementations of big data, data warehousing, master data management, analytics, data marts and dimensional models as well as a broad background and experience with data modeling, and ETL developmentMust have experience delivering assessments to data leaders and executives with recent experience in understanding and building Data strategy with strong data management skills and the ability to communicate well at all levels of the organization especially with executives.Must have ability to develop in-depth solution architecture with experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural stand point.Experience supporting applications in a public cloud (IaaS/PaaS etc.) environment with at least one public cloud provider: AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft AzureExperience with on-premise to cloud migration, automated orchestration and provisioning of infrastructure services, hybrid-cloud management, and software-defined networking a huge plus and highly desired.Experience in complete project life cycle activities on development and maintenance projects.Experience in leading successful enterprise data management teamsStrong data modeling skills (normalized and multidimensional).Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.Preferred Skills and Education:Master's degree in Computer Science or related fieldCandidates hands on experience with Cloud, Java, or Data Warehouse technologies.Certifications on Cloud Technologies PerferredPerficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work. More About Perficient Perficient is the leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. With unparalleled information technology, management consulting and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency deliver vision, execution and value with outstanding digital experience, business optimization and industry solutions.Our work enables clients to improve productivity and competitiveness; grow and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and reduce costs. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index.Perficient is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Disclaimer:The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time. #LI-PS1JobSummaryJob ID: 2021-11397# of Openings: 1Category: Technology Experts - ArchitectSDL2017

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